What Causes Nerve Pain In Foot After An Accident?

Posted on Sun, 29 Jun 2014

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Question : An accident necessitated that all my toes on my left foot be amputated. This was done 8 years ago and I still have nerve pain everyday because of it. Most of my pain is on the pad of my foot when I walk and where the toes were is most sensitive. I use gel pad inserts in my shoes with some help but not much.
What can I do to relieve this constant pain?

Answered by Dr. Deepika Patil (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
can go for nerve ablation

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXX,

Welcome to HealthcareMagic.

The pain is mostly due to nerve entrapment in the scar tissue or a neuroma formation.

As not it is eight years post surgery, all you can do now is to go for nerve block/ablation/neurolysis.

In this process the affected nerve rootd carrying the pain signals are identified and destroyed.

You need to see a chronic pain specialist or a neuro surgeon for this.

Hope i have been helpful.

Regards,
Dr. Deepika Patil

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar